Diagramming for Java Swing, V4.1.4 Released

MindFusion is happy to announce the new version of the Java Diagramming library. The release offers useful new features and improvements.

What’s New in Version 4.1.4

Resize table columns and rows

Columns and rows of a TableNode can now be resized interactively if its AllowResizeColumns or AllowResizeRows properties are enabled. In order to resize, move the mouse pointer to the border line on column’s right side or row’s bottom side until it shows resize cursor and start dragging. The control raises tableColumnResizing and tableRowResizing events to let you validate new size or prevent resizing some elements. The tableColumnResized and tableRowResized events are raised after the operation completes.

Java Diagram Library: Table Nodes

Java Diagram Library: Table Nodes

License keys

There is no separate trial build of the control’s JAR archive provided anymore. Instead, call the setLicenseKey method of DiagramView to disable the component’s evaluation mode and stop displaying trial messages. setLicenseKey > is static and you can call it just once before creating any views. License key strings are now listed on the Keys & Downloads page at MindFusion’s customer portal.

Miscellaneous

  • Undo/redo records for in-place edit operations are now created automatically.
  • KeepInsideDiagram constraint prevents a node from leaving diagram boundaries during user interaction (the older RestrictItemsToBounds property does not stop nodes from leaving diagram area but returns them to original position if dropped outside).
  • Dashed selection frames are now drawn in two colors and should be visible on both the default white background and custom darker backgrounds. You can change the second dash color via DashBackground property of HandlesVisualStyle.
  • Improved mouse capture for composite controls hosted inside ControlNodes.
  • StartPoint and EndPoint properties provide a shortcut to setting the first and last control points of a DiagramLink.

Fixed bugs

  • Fixed text clipping problem when magnifier is over TreeViewNode.
  • Links to contained nodes were left visibly disconnected from them after deleting a folded ContainerNode.
  • Lasso selection could not select strictly horizontal or vertical straight-line links when IncludeItemsIfIntersect is disabled.

The trial version is available for download from the following link:

Download MindFusion.Diagramming for Java Swing, V4.1.4 Trial Version

Technical support
MindFusion puts special effort in providing high quality technical support to all its clients and evaluators. You can post your questions about Diagramming for Java or any other of our components at the forum, help desk or at support@mindfusion.eu. All support inquiries are usually answered within hours of being received.

About Diagramming for Java Swing: MindFusion.Diagramming for Java Swing provides your Java application with all necessary functionality to create and customize a diagram. The library is very easy to integrate and program. There are numerous utility methods, rich event set, more than 100 predefined shapes. The tool supports a variety of ways to render or export the diagram, advanced node types like TreeView nodes, hierarchical nodes, tables, container nodes and many more. There are 15 automatic layouts, various input / output options and fully customizable appearance. A detailed list with JDiagram’s features is uploaded here. You can check the online demo to see some of the functionality implemented.

Diagramming for Java Swing is royalty free, there are no distribution fees. Licenses depend on the count of developers using the tool – check here the prices.

MindFusion.Reporting for WinForms, V2.3 Is Released

MindFusion is happy to announce the new release of its WinForms reporting control. Here is an overview of the new features:

Support for Visual Studio 2015

MindFusion.Reporting now supports Visual Studio 2015 as well. You can tell the installer to create VS2015 toolbox palette for the component.

Licensing

There is no separate trial build of the control assemblies anymore. Instead, you must set the LicenseKey property of the component to disable the evaluation mode and stop displaying trial messages. If your application contains more than one control by MindFusion, you can call MindFusion.Licensing.LicenseManager.AddLicense(key) to specify the key once instead of setting it per each control. License key strings are listed on the Keys & Downloads page at MindFusion’s customer portal.

Barcodes

Use the new Barcode report item to display UPC-A, UPC-E, EAN-8, EAN-13, and QR barcodes in your WinForm reports. A new sample demonstrates how to implement the feature.

MindFusion WinForms Reporter: Bar Codes

MindFusion WinForms Reporter: Bar Codes

The component is available for direct download from here:

Download MindFusion Reporter for WinForms, V2.3

Don’t forget that the reporting tool is also available on Nuget. To install the component, run the following command in the Package Manager Console:

PM> Install-Package MindFusion.Reporting

Additional information about the library can be found in the online documentation:
http://www.mindfusion.eu/onlinehelp/mindfusionreporting/index.htm

Technical support is available at the Reporting for WinForms section of MindFusion discussion board, at the Help Desk or per e-mail at support@mindfusion.eu. Either way, MindFusion competent and friendly support team is pleased to assist you with any questions or inquiries you might have about the product.

About Reporting for WinForms: Enhance your business application with the complete set of features to create impressive, user-friendly reports that present important data in an easy-to comprehend look. Enjoy the rich report design capabilities that let you integrate charts, customize fonts and use easy WinForms component as a report item.
Bind our report to any .NET data source or work in an unbound mode. Choose among various output options among which XML, PDF and HTML files. Get inspired, get moving – MindFusion Reporting for WinForms is designed and developed to help you acheive best possible results in little time and with little effort. Read more about the tool here…

Spreadsheet for WinForms, V1.4

MindFusion is happy to announce the Scheduling for WinForms, V1.4 is out. Here is a list of the new features:

Licensing

Spreadsheet for WinForms is the next MindFusion component that no longer has separate trial build of the control assemblies. Instead, set its LicenseKey property to disable the evaluation mode and stop displaying trial messages. If your application contains more than one control by MindFusion, you could call MindFusion.Licensing.LicenseManager.AddLicense(key) to specify the key once instead of setting it per each control. License key strings are listed on the Keys & Downloads page at MindFusion’s customer portal. Don’t forget to add a reference to the MindFusion.Licensing dll if it’s not already present in your project.

Visual Studio 2015 support

MindFusion.Spreadsheet for WinForms now includes support for Visual Studio 2015. The installer can create VS2015 toolbox palette for the component.

Autofiltering

Worksheets now support autofiltering. To enable it, just call the AutoFilter method of the CellRange class. You can specify autofiltering criteria for individual columns with the the AutoFilter overload. You also have the convenience to specify these criteria interactively, through the drop-down buttons inside the headers of each column in the target range.

Spreadsheet for WinForms: Auto Filtering

Spreadsheet for WinForms: Auto Filtering

Multiple Selection

Extend the functionality of your WinForms spreadsheet application by allowing users to select multiple cell ranges. You can

    • even add cell ranges interactively, by holding down the CTRL key while dragging with the mouse. You can also do it programmatically, by using one of the new methods of the Selection class: Add, AddRow, and AddColumn.
Spreadsheet for WinForms: Multiple Selection

Spreadsheet for WinForms: Multiple Selection

Miscellaneous

      • The new EnableTypeInference property can be used to suppress automatic type inference in the workbook.
      • The tooltips displayed when the user resizes rows and columns can now be turned off through the ShowResizeHeaderToolTips property. The format of these tooltips can be specified through the ResizeColumnToolTipFormat and ResizeRowToolTipFormat properties.

You can download the trial version from the link below:

Download MindFusion.Spreadsheet for WinForms V1.4 Trial Version

If you require technical support, you can post a message at the forum, send us an e-mail at support@mindfusion.eu. or use the help desk. MindFusion takes special effort in providing fast and detailed answers to all inquiries that we receive.

About MindFusion.Spreadsheet for WinForms: An easy-to-use programming component suitable for building all types of spreadsheets fast and easy. The tool supports formulas, tool-tips, cell annotations, cell spanning, scrolling and many more. You can add charts and images as well use the flexible style system to design the perfect spreadsheet. The component supports full undo and redo as well copy and paste from Windows clipboard.
You can import spreadsheet data from CSV, XLSX or ODS files and export the final spreadsheet in a number of formats – as images, PDF or CSV, XLSX or ODS files. Various auxiliary forms help you quickly adjust the data and appearance of your spreadsheet. Read more about the features of the component here or check the license prices at the buy page.

Spreadsheet for WinForms is part of MindFusion Pack for WinForms, which offers other useful components that are of great use when you build any type of WinForms application – from a diagramming library to map control to gauges: check them here.

MindFusion Charting for WinForms, V3.6

MindFusion has released a new version of its Charting for WinForms programming control. Here is an overview of the most important new features:

Custom Formatting of Labels
You can now use custom formatting for numeric labels for all chart types. The formatting is applied when you set the format of the label to NumberFormat.Custom. The properties that set the custom number format use the .net custom format strings.

Labels in a WinForms bar chart

Labels in a WinForms bar chart

Sorting of Bars
MindFusion WinFormsCharting control offers you greatly improved sorting of bar values in a bar chart. You can use the SortOrder property to sort the bars in each series or cluster in ascending or descending order. You can also sort each series/cluster with the SortSeriesBy property. You can preserve the color of each bar when sorted if you set the SortColor property to true.

A WinForms chart with sorted bars.

A WinForms chart with sorted bars.

License keys
MindFusion no longer provides separate trial and licensed versions of its components. Instead, you should set the LicenseKey property to disable the component’s evaluation mode and stop displaying trial messages. If your application has more than one Diagram instance or other controls by MindFusion, a single call to MindFusion.Licensing.LicenseManager.AddLicense(key) is enough to specify the key for all the controls. You can find your license key strings listed on the Keys & Downloads page at your http://clientsarea.eu account.

Miscellaneous

  • Bars are now outlined with the consecutive pen from the ChartPens collection rather than the AxisPen.
  • Drawing of line and area charts has greatly been improved – the control now draws only the visible portion of the chart rather than the whole chart, which was clipped to the visible rectangle.
  • AreaOpacity property added to radar charts.
  • AxesOnTop property in radar charts sets the order of drawing for the graphic and the axes.
  • SortYData and SortXData properties added to line charts.
  • In line charts colors can be sorted with line series or scatters when those get sorted.

The trial version is available for direct download from this link:

Download MindFusion.Charting for WinForms 3.6

Technical support is available at the forum, help desk or at e-mail support@mindfusion.eu. All inquiries are answered within hours of being received.

About MindFusion.Charting for WinForms: a professional programming component for WinForms, which lets you create remarkable charts fast and easy. The tool supports all major chart types – line, pie, radar and bar – and numerous variations of them – column, area, bubble, polar, doughnut etc. 3D charts are supported as well.

Charting for WinForms supports a rich user interaction model with features like zoom, hit testing, drill down, mouse dragging and more. You can use delegates to present mathematical functions, undefined values are also acceptable. Values can be data arrays or retrieved through a database.

The appearance of each chart is fully customizable. The control offers strong design-time support with custom collection editors and chart wizards. At your disposal is a set of predefined appearance themes and a theme editor tool. A full list of the features can be read here.